HAMILTON – Three children with disabilities suffered minor injuries this morning when the school bus they were riding in collided with a car, fire officials said.

Three people in the car were also injured in the crash, but no one was hurt seriously, Groveville Fire Company Capt. James Humphrey said.

Firefighters and ambulance crews were called to the 4200 block of Crosswicks-Hamilton Square Road around 8:45 a.m. They found the vehicles turned sideways on the open road, with damage to the driver’s side front of both vehicles, Humphrey said.

The six people who were hurt had mostly “bumps and bruises,” Humphrey said.

The injured were taken by ambulance to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. The presence of childen on the bus and the need for several ambulance transfers led to a large emergency response to the scene.

Humphrey did not know the number of children on the bus, or where they were going. Police are investigating the crash and will release a statement later in the day, he said.